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*25. Larus californicua Lawr. 



Moderately common. ^ 



26. Larus occidentalis Aud. 

 ^Moderately common. 



27. Thalasseus regius Gamb. 

 Common. 



Most of these twenty-seven species were breeding. 



The following- additional species were found at the village of Mira- 

 flores, which lies two or three miles east of a peak of the same name. 

 It is on a branch of the San Jose Eiver and is about twenty-five miles 

 north of the town of San Jose. The trail leading to it follows the grad- 

 ually ascending sandy bed of the river. The altitude of the village is 

 about 700 feet. 



It was probably here that Xantus obtained his specimens marked 

 *' Miratlores " instead of getting them from the high and quite inaccessi- 

 ble, sharp, rocky peak of the same name, w- hich has an altitude of more 

 than 6,000 feet. 



There is some very fertile bottom land here and numerous fine, large 

 evergreen oaks grow on the Tincultivated portion of it. 



In these oaks were found, with other species — 



*1. Virosylvia gilva svrainsoni Bd. 

 Moderately common May 9. 



*2. Dendiceca townsendi (Nutt.). 

 An individual, male, seen April 4. 



*3. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx Baird. 

 Rare ill April and May. 



4. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons Baird. 



Common, burrowing in oaks, whereas al! the other Woodpeckers of 

 Lower California, including Colaptes chrysoides, as far as I have ob- 

 served, burrow in the Giant Cactus [Gereus giganteus). 



*5. Micrathene whitneyi (Coop.). 

 Common, if not abundant. 



Whitney's Pigmy Owl utters monotonous calls or whistlings, faint, 

 tremulous notes, and when perched within a few feet of an intruder 

 expresses its anxiety by complaining cries. 



As an attempt to describe the notes of three other obscurely known 

 owls may not be out of place here, I transcribe the following from my 

 journal: 



" Big Trees, August 10, 1880. Bright moonlight. 



" ^cops fiammeolus has a firm single note, which is often repeated after 

 short intervals; shot specimen while calling." 



